Deborah Mower

Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Hume Bryant Associate Professor of Ethics
University of Mississippi

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Michael Minch

Founding Director, UVU Peace & Justice Studies Program

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Moderator: Monica Campbell, Chair, UVU Department of Dance

Lindsay Vader, Ohio State University Graduate Teaching Assistant

Jamie Johnson, Associate Professor of Dance, UVU

Christa St. John, Associate Professor of Dance, UVU

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Carrie Ashcraft, Assistant Professor of Secondary Education
Sean Crossland, Assistant Professor, Higher Education Leadership
Axel Ramirez, Professor of Secondary Education
Moderator, Bryan Waite, Chair, Department of Secondary Education

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Robert Austin

Robert Austin is the Humanities Team Coordinator in the Teaching and Learning Department of the Utah State Board of Education (USBE). In this role, he supports a diverse team of humanities specialists and serves as the secondary social studies specialist for Utah. As the social studies specialist, Austin supports the development of standards, the curation of curricular resources, and the implementation of USBE and legislative initiatives, including efforts to increase innovations in civics education. 

He has served as staff of the USBE since 2005, after having taught middle school in Salt Lake City School District for ten years.

Austin earned his B.A. from Cornell College in his birth state of Iowa, his M.A. at The Ohio State University, and his Secondary Education Credential at Eastern Michigan University.  A Utah resident for over 30 years, he’s been honored to serve a range of non-profits as a committee member or board member, including the Utah Bar’s Civics Education Committee, the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy, the Utah Pride Center, the Utah Council for the Social Studies, the Utah Commission on Civic and Character Education, the Utah Film Center, and the Council of State Social Studies Specialists, including a term as President. 

The Utah State Bar has honored him as Community Member of the Year, the Division of State History has honored him for his service to state history, and his three grandchildren honor him by calling him “Paw-paw.”          

Frederick Mark Gedicks

Guy Anderson Professor of Law, Brigham Young University

Eleesha Tucker

Director, Utah 3Rs Project 

Robert Burton

Director, UVU Civic Thought & Leadership Initiative

Moderator: Brian Birch, Director, Center for the Study of Ethics

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Alaina Sapp, Philosophy major & Ethics Student Fellow
Devin Robare, Computer Science major & Founder of Girls Who Code

Megan Hyer, Computer Science major, VP of Girls Who Code

Michelle Stone, Social Work major

Melissa Girot, English major & Philosophy minor

Moderator: Kaitlyn Russell, Admissions Counselor, UVU 

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Facilitiated by Brian Birch, Director, Center for the Study of Ethics

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Dan Fairbanks, Professor of Biology & University Research Officer
Hilary Hungerford, Associate Professor of Geography
Heath Ogden, Professor of Biology

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For more information, contact Courtney Burns at [email protected]